Hans W. Gruenig, Ph.D., is a philosophy professor whose research focuses on 20th Century Continental Philosophy (especially Martin Heidegger), Asian Philosophy (especially Buddhism), and approaches to happiness and human flourishing. He has completed an M.A. in Philosophy and Religion at the California Institute of Integral Studies and a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Tulane University. He currently works at Tulane University where he teaches courses on Buddhism, Philosophies of the Self, and Happiness and Human Flourishing.